Moraxella pluranimalium | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Pseudomonadales |
Family: | Moraxellaceae |
Genus: | Moraxella |
Species: | M. pluranimalium |
Binomial name | |
Moraxella pluranimalium Vela et al. 2009 [1] | |
Type strain | |
CCUG 54913, CECT 7295, strain 248-01 |
Moraxella pluranimalium is a Gram-negative, aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, non-spore-forming bacterium in the genus Moraxella . It was originally isolated from the nasal turbinate of a pig in Spain. [1] [2]
The species name pluranimalium is derived from the Latin pluri- (many) and animalium (of animals), referring to its isolation from multiple animal species. [1]
In a survey of bacteria from healthy pigs in Great Britain (2014–2015), one isolate of M. pluranimalium was found to carry the chromosomally-encoded mcr-6.1 gene, a variant of the colistin resistance determinant. Phenotypic testing showed reduced susceptibility to colistin. [3]
The type strain (248-01) has been shown to harbor the chromosomal gene mcr-2.2, a close variant of mcr-2, conferring high-level resistance to colistin (MIC 16 mg/L). [4] This strain is considered a likely natural source of mcr-2-type genes before their mobilization into plasmids circulating in Enterobacteriaceae.